Youth rehabilitation scheme not helping offenders, says study

A government programme that is supposed to help rehabilitate the worst youth offenders should be scrapped as nine out of 10 people who go on it reoffend, a new study will say tomorrow.

The Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP) covers criminals aged between 10 and 17 who have committed offences so serious that they would be jailed for up to 14 years if they were adultsRead more on this story in The Guardian

Brown: I will cut spending

Gordon Brown is to issue a list of specific spending cuts before the general election in an attempt to convince voters that Labour will reduce the soaring deficit in public finances.